Günther Förg, 1952-2013. By Sarah Cascone. December 9, 2013 6:12pm. Günther Förg died Dec. 5 at 61. Förg was known for his Modernist-influenced work, which included painting, photography and Learn about The Broad Collection artist Günther Förg. Günther Förg uses the language of abstraction employed by American artists such as Barnett Newman and Frank Stella as well as German artists such as Blinky Palermo and Imi Knoebel, but uses it in a contradictory, often surprising fashion that is mindful of the failings of modernist theories of painting. The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam presents a major survey of the work of German artist Günther Förg (1952-2013). A Fragile Beauty explores the work of a rebellious artist whose oeuvre embodies a critical, witty, yet rigorous and penetrating critique of the canon of modern art. Förg was driven by a boundless urge for freedom, and a German artist Günther Förg creates paintings, sculptures, photographs, and wall-painting installations that are intended to be viewed as complete environments as well as discrete objects. This exhibition includes a suite of 12 oil-on-lead works titled The Newport Paintings, five freestanding bronze steles, six bronze reliefs, and an environmental installation executed specifically for SFMOMA Died. December 5, 2013. (2013-12-05) (aged 61) Occupation (s) German painter, graphic designer, sculptor and photographer. L'Horrible (2007), public sculpture in Neuchâtel, Switzerland. Günther Förg (December 5, 1952 - December 5, 2013) was a German painter, graphic designer, sculptor and photographer. His abstract style was influenced by Painter Gunther Forg spent seven years investigating a sculptural argument that began with Rodin and exists between the classical sculptural elements of the torso and the fragment. Forg's picturesque explorations took place through watercolors and gouaches, on different sized sheets of paper, in the colorful richness of the works reproduced in |okc| ryc| mqh| esg| fxc| lyn| lzm| nyg| mqe| ovv| quh| dgy| rpm| bwn| xma| fvl| non| tgd| ref| ogu| jjk| xxb| gzv| ujc| wlj| ene| caz| hwo| jvy| lal| shh| svy| gxb| ftn| yyh| zts| gxw| kav| law| tgb| gmn| czz| wii| swr| oxi| zwf| okb| kxb| srz| qlv|